Bangkok--25 Sep--UN
Briefing scheduled for 1 p.m. on 29 September at UN Conference Centre ESCAP Hall
United Nations agencies will highlight their various efforts in the Asia-Pacific region to assist countries in combating climate change as negotiations for a new global deal are set to open next week in Bangkok.
The briefing will be moderated by Noeleen Heyzer, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and feature welcoming remarks by Yvo de Boer, the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
In addition to ESCAP, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will participate on the briefing panel. The presentations are expected to focus on the UN’s work in the region on such climate change issues as mitigation, adaptation, financing, capacity building and policy integration.
The programme also contains an open forum as well as a poster display highlighting the key activities, outcomes and messages of some 20 UN organizations taking part in the climate change event.
NOTE TO EDITORS
Journalists not already accredited to the Bangkok Climate Change Talks 2009 are kindly requested to send their name and the news organization they represent in advance to [email protected] in order to facilitate entrance to the UN Conference Centre. (Please note that the main gate of the UN Conference Centre will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the Climate Change Talks.)
For more information contact:
Mr. Mitch Hsieh
UN/ESCAP Information Services
Tel: +66-2-288-1862
Email: [email protected]
Mr. Bentley Jenson
UN/ESCAP Information Services
Tel: +66-2-288-1869
Email: [email protected]